Information Technology (IT)

Sure. With a degree or experience.

All three are just to get your foot through the door.
 
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How good are you at WordPress? What did you learn in code camp? Search for jobs based on those. Folks are getting jobs before they even finish those coding boot camps.
 
Is help desk a good way to get my foot in the door while I start studying for certifications?
 
So I've been at my job for about a year now. I was part time helpdesk until July 1st and then was made full time. My boss spoke to me today and said now I'd be the system administrator which is awesome. Only got a 2% pay increase but I was told if I get good reviews for this year I can get about 5% next fiscal year.

I'm pretty excited and was wondering if anyone had any tips. Most of our servers are all Dell. Windows 2008 R2 and maybe like 2 or 3 are 2012. Most of our network switches are Cisco meraki which make them pretty easy to manage and we have about 3 catalyst Cisco switches.

Any tips would be welcome.
 
Gents, I am starting my cert journey and a friend of mine who works at Cisco told me to get Cisco certified immediately, beginning with the CCNA. Anyone in here done the CCNA before? 
 
AZwildcats said:
Gents, I am starting my cert journey and a friend of mine who works at Cisco told me to get Cisco certified immediately, beginning with the CCNA. Anyone in here done the CCNA before? 
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CCNA is beastly from what I've seen and read. He said the first step should be the CCNA?
 
Osek206 said:
 
AZwildcats said:
Gents, I am starting my cert journey and a friend of mine who works at Cisco told me to get Cisco certified immediately, beginning with the CCNA. Anyone in here done the CCNA before? 
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CCNA is beastly from what I've seen and read. He said the first step should be the CCNA?
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Yeah, he told me to skip the Comptia certs and make sure I get Cisco ones. I know it will be difficult, but I think I can do it in 6-8 weeks. Most of the jobs I've seen on Dice require the CCNA at a minimum, with the CCNP preferred. If I can get both in the next few months, I will be on my way to being a network engineer
 
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Yeah, he told me to skip the Comptia certs and make sure I get Cisco ones. I know it will be difficult, but I think I can do it in 6-8 weeks. Most of the jobs I've seen on Dice require the CCNA at a minimum, with the CCNP preferred. If I can get both in the next few months, I will be on my way to being a network engineer
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Be prepared to study extremely hard and study to retain the material.
 
ping of death said:
So I've been at my job for about a year now. I was part time helpdesk until July 1st and then was made full time. My boss spoke to me today and said now I'd be the system administrator which is awesome. Only got a 2% pay increase but I was told if I get good reviews for this year I can get about 5% next fiscal year.

I'm pretty excited and was wondering if anyone had any tips. Most of our servers are all Dell. Windows 2008 R2 and maybe like 2 or 3 are 2012. Most of our network switches are Cisco meraki which make them pretty easy to manage and we have about 3 catalyst Cisco switches.

Any tips would be welcome.
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Study up on what yall use and consider certifications if you don't have them already. Windows Server, Cisco certs, etc. That makes you more valuable.
 
Are you guys ( Stormblessed Stormblessed ) using VMware or Hyper-V?

You could always just lab it up in your spare time with Server evaluation copies. ESXi is free. The enterprise features can be used in evaluation mode for a little while.

You could technically enact positive technical changes or efficiencies that would make you seem invaluable. The certs are nice but if it's not a job requirement then don't worry about it unless you're jumping ship.

But for a system administrator MCSA2012 R2, VCP and Red Hat are all good certifications.
 
spiderjericho spiderjericho right now we are using VMware but we're going to switch to hyper v. I want to get CCNA, we have a MSP that does the more complex configurations for us and I'd like to just take over that. What I mostly do right now is manage active directory, exchange, our phone system(still pbx) and I handle most of the help desk. It's a small business so it's just 3 of us. One is more on the AV side and then my boss who is the Director. I was actually planning to jump ship since the pay isn't great but I am getting some pretty decent experience and we are opening up an exhibit which is a million dollar project(I work at a museum). That and helpdesk is pretty much taking up most of my time. Most of my studying and labs I set up would have to be at home.
 
Yeah. I'd say get the experience for the interim then jump ship. Find out the configs on those network devices and try to understand the protocols and technologies.

I recommend the recent CCNA cert guides by Odom and the Network Warrior as gateway books.

I, personally, don't like Hyper-V but as the product matures it'll eventually replace or compete better with VMware. Get familiar with both.

But...just understand if you move to another company. You have to choose whether you're going to be a network or system admin. It works at small shops not medium/large businesses.
 
just got that A+ tho 
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posted in here earlier in the year about jumping into the IT field, I'm going thru vocational rehab so they're sending me to test prep courses. currently in windows 70-680. got sec+ and net+ later this year.

I also got ITIL foundations next, but I never see anyone talking about it. Will this cert come in handy at all?
 
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AZwildcats said:
Yeah, he told me to skip the Comptia certs and make sure I get Cisco ones. I know it will be difficult, but I think I can do it in 6-8 weeks. Most of the jobs I've seen on Dice require the CCNA at a minimum, with the CCNP preferred. If I can get both in the next few months, I will be on my way to being a network engineer
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Honestly fam, i need a stable career at this point in my life. If these Cisco certs help me achieve that, I'm prepared to work my *** off
 
IT Consulting and Digital media studio

3 years deep

Been working off of Rodeo drive for a minute...

Decided to open a spot on Fairfax and Rosewood for networking purposes

Anybody here experienced in wordpress+google analytics+photoshop?

(LA locals only)
 
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just got that A+ tho :smokin

posted in here earlier in the year about jumping into the IT field, I'm going thru vocational rehab so they're sending me to test prep courses. currently in windows 70-680. got sec+ and net+ later this year.

I also got ITIL foundations next, but I never see anyone talking about it. Will this cert come in handy at all?
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Search a job board like indeed for ITIL and that should answer your question.
 
my 1 year at my job just passed...learned a lot...my job sending my training for ITIL this week, any tips on that?
 
Studying a bit of it now since my job is getting more into ITIL processes. Basic stuff on processes, just new terms to learn. It helps to get multiple groups on the same page because technical folks are really bad on process, coordination and workflow. Really bad.
 
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